Gatchina climate — normals and trends
Gatchina (Russia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 645 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Gatchina averages 158 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Gatchina has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 176 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 23 June 2021) and the coldest -40.3 °C (on 10 January 1987).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
GatchinaLeningradskaya Oblast'
- coords
- 59.58°, 30.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
8.0°C
Average daily low
0.8°C
Annual rainfall
645mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
158 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
120.9 cm
Average feels-like high
4.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.9 °C
23 June 2021
Coldest day
-40.3 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
53 mm
11 August 1994
Windiest day
39.0 km/h
30 November 1999
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
15 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.0 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
23 March 1971
Sunniest day
18.0 h
17 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.9 °C | +6.3 °C | 86 mm | +50 mm |
| Feb | -2.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 5.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 45 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 9.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 90 mm | +37 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 178 mm | +104 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 84 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 104 mm | +21 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 27 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 8.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 38 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 3.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 57 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 1.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 48 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gatchina?
Gatchina has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 645 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gatchina?
The hottest day measured in Gatchina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 2021, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gatchina?
The coldest day measured in Gatchina between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -40.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gatchina?
Yes. Gatchina gets on average 120.9 cm of snow per year and has around 158 frost days.
Has the climate of Gatchina warmed?
Yes: Gatchina warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gatchina?
The wettest day measured in Gatchina between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1994, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gatchina?
The windiest day measured in Gatchina between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1999, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gatchina?
The warmest month in Gatchina is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Gatchina?
Gatchina receives on average 645 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gatchina?
Gatchina gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gatchina?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gatchina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1971, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gatchina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gatchina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gatchina?
In Gatchina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -46.0 °C on 10 January 1987.
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